Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:58:29 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 14 #221 - 4 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Subscribed-Address: fma@martialartsresource.com List-Id: Eskrima-FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. 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Copyright 1994-2007: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. 2400 members. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Michael G. Inay (1944-2000). See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima/FMA digest at http://MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Today's Topics: 1. M.A. tv series (sidney525@aol.com) 2. Viking Fighting Arts. (Jeremy Anderson) 3. Re: Viking Fighting Arts. (Jared Dame) 4. Human Weapon (Eskrima-FMA) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:40:10 -0400 From: sidney525@aol.com Subject: [Eskrima] M.A. tv series Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net There is a new series starting tonight (Frdiday) on the History Channel called Human Weapon that will feature many different m.a. arts including doce pares eskrima and silat. Tonights episode is on Muay Thai. http://www.history.com/minisites/humanweapon ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:59:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeremy Anderson To: The Dojang Subject: [Eskrima] Viking Fighting Arts. Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Anyone seen this before? Made me chuckle. Not that I'd *want* to face a Berzerker... http://www.vikingfighting.com/ Jeremy Anderson. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:44:46 -0600 From: "Jared Dame" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Viking Fighting Arts. Cc: "The Dojang" Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Nice ... I have respect for all fighting arts however I don't have endless training time and would not want to have to put armor on before combat. That goes back to my martial arts instructor stating right before a fight "Wait attacker I need to put my GI on ....45secs later.... ok now attack me" He always said this phrase when we would get a new student in the school that didn't understand why we practiced in normal clothing. It would be pretty fun watching someone attacking another with a battle axe!! J On 7/20/07, Jeremy Anderson wrote: > > Anyone seen this before? Made me chuckle. Not that I'd *want* to face a > Berzerker... > > http://www.vikingfighting.com/ > > Jeremy Anderson. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 2400 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2007: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net > -- Jared Dame jareddame@gmail.com The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - ) --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:23:27 -0700 From: Eskrima-FMA To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Human Weapon Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Television Review The New York Times A Crash Course in Martial Arts With Multicultural Footnotes By MIKE HALE July 20, 2007 Reality television provides all sorts of pretexts for traveling to exotic places and gawking at quaint (but wise) local cultures: learning to cook, winning a race, saving wildlife, detailing cars, drinking beer. "Human Weapon," which has its premiere tonight on the History Channel, adds a new quest to that list: learning to bash someone's brains out. Actually, the mission of Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, the show's Mutt-and-Jeff stars — Mr. Chambers is a normal-size "mixed-martial-artist and professional fighter," Mr. Duff a quite large and bullet-headed "former professional football player and wrestler" — is to "fold back the rich historical and cultural layers" of various martial arts. In the first two episodes, which cover the Asian disciplines of muay thai and eskrima, that folding back involves donning workout clothes and shuttling around Thailand and the Philippines to absorb the lessons, and beatings, of various Yoda-like masters. This is all in preparation for a final bout in which one of the travelers tests his newly acquired skills against a local hero. The trend so far is a graceful loss to a much smaller and quieter opponent; we'll see if that holds when the show moves on to savate in France or krav maga in Israel. Along the way Mr. Chambers and Mr. Duff absorb history lessons — muay thai's role in ancient wars with the Burmese, the use of eskrima against Spanish and Japanese invaders — and soak up the local color. Apparently it's a rule that martial arts schools be near picturesque temples or waterfalls. (Though don't expect the local color to include the demure Asian beauties this sort of show usually lingers over: "Human Weapon" is all about sweaty, grimacing men.) As a travelogue and an exercise in improving foreign relations, the show is charming and, despite its subject matter, harmless. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Duff are ever respectful, marveling at their hosts' skills and at the beauty and traditions of the countries they visit. If you're not a martial-arts fan, though, things can bog down a bit during the long training sequences, when we're shown how to knee our opponent in the solar plexus or pummel him in the side with a metal rod. And in those scenes, the show's gee-whiz energy can edge away from comfortably multicultural topics and toward the universal desire to inflict pain. In one of Mr. Duff's more enthusiastic moments, he exclaims during an eskrima session, "It's the same injury-producing force as being hit in the temple by a hammer!" Like most hourlong reality shows, "Human Weapon" would be better at a half-hour; cut down the training sessions, but leave intact the attempt to practice eskrima throws on a water buffalo. (Final score: water buffalo 3, Filipino guy 0.) Still, it proves itself more useful than, say, "The Amazing Race" or "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations." Those shows never taught us the skills to take out an Abu Sayyaf terrorist cell. HUMAN WEAPON History Channel, tonight at 10, Eastern and Pacific times; 9, Central time. Marc Etkind, executive producer for the History Channel; Steven Land and Zak Weisfeld, executive producers; produced by Jupiter Entertainment. WITH: Jason Chambers and Bill Duff. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2007: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of Eskrima Digest